Category Archives: Security

A Warning To Business Owners: Non-Compliance To New Regulations Can Mean Hefty Fines

In the past 10 years, over 10,000 new regulations have been placed on the books by local, state, and federal agencies pertaining to the handling, storage, and disposal of confidential client, patient, and employee documents and information. The Commonwealth of … Continue reading

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How Are You Backing Up Your Company’s Critical Data?

If you use a tape backup or an external hard drive to protect your company’s critical data, you are actually putting yourself at enormous risk for downtime. Tape backups, external hard drives, and other media-driven backup solutions are designed to … Continue reading

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Safely Shopping Online (Part 6 of 6)

Ahhh… the convenience of never leaving home to shop. It can be fun to go shopping online, but it can also be risky if you are not taking proper precautions. In this article we’ll discuss some of the ways you … Continue reading

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Keeping Safe While Socializing Online on Facebook & Forums (Part 5 of 6)

  The net is lots of fun these days. Getting in touch with childhood friends, sharing pictures with friends and family near and far, playing games like Farmville, dealing with people ‘poking’ you, virtual zombies, birthday announcements and friend requests. … Continue reading

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Password Security (Part 3 of 6)

How secure is your password. If you’re like most people then the issue of keeping track of your logins for the vast number of websites you visit is quite overwhelming. So you’ve solved the problem by making the same login … Continue reading

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Email Security Online (Part 2 of 6)

Online security is something everyone should be concerned with. Two of the most common things we do online is check emails and login to a variety of websites. In this article we are going to focus on those two tasks … Continue reading

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Are You At Risk For Identity Theft Online? (Part 1 of 6)

The internet is used mainly for three things – searching, sharing, and shopping. In only a few years, the web has opened up a whole new world where communication is happening that would have never been possible in the past. … Continue reading

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What The Heck Is A Web Site Certificate And Why Should You Care?

If you ever make purchases online, you must know how to quickly determine if the web site you are about to buy from is secure. A secure connection is an encrypted exchange of information between the web site you are … Continue reading

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